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bidikyoopi posted:Haha, I know that spiteful driver, but I'm talking about the douches that pull fully into the oncoming lane when making a left turn. If someone lost their brakes or wasn't paying attention, they would go right into the driver's side door. And yeah, don't be a pushover, but you don't want to be that guy that's so afraid of getting traffic-goosed that they drive like a straight-up retard. You really can't turn left anywhere without a signal inside of 128 without doing that though.
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Or get anywhere on the Cape. I live there, ask me about tourists...
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:You really can't turn left anywhere without a signal inside of 128 without doing that though. You could always just wait for an opening since one, even a small one, will eventually show up. I've learned to use those waiting times as lessons in being patient, something that comes in very handy when in traffic.
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So what conditions are apt to causing death wobble again? I drive an '85 mr2 with known bad steering bushings (no P.S.) and at least 1 known bad shock. Its rear wheel drive, rear transverse-mounted engined. Bushings look alright but I kinda wanna look closer at the anti-roll bar. Pretty sure it doesn't have wishbones, though. edit: Also I still have no idea what "shimmy" means. Is it the same thing as a shudder?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:You really can't turn left anywhere without a signal inside of 128 without doing that though. I know the feeling and especially when you're late you want to strangle that dude that's going just fast enough to prevent you from turning but just slow enough to be a pain. But... Breast Pussy posted:You could always just wait for an opening since one, even a small one, will eventually show up. I've learned to use those waiting times as lessons in being patient, something that comes in very handy when in traffic. Couldn't have said it better. Also, sharkytm posted:Or get anywhere on the Cape. I live there, ask me about tourists... We go out to Harwich all the time, surprisingly the traffic up the Cape is pretty laid back by MA standards until you try to get anywhere on the 6 after 4pm. Then it's drunk, drunk, grandma, drunk, grandma, statie. edit: sorry for derailing this into MASSCHAT, here's a Jaguar doing what it does best (actually taken on the way up the Cape a few years ago) 
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Aug 9, 2011 05:18
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The Scientist posted:edit: Also I still have no idea what "shimmy" means. Is it the same thing as a shudder? A shimmy is a rapid side-to-side motion that usually results in vibration.
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bidikyoopi posted:I know the feeling and especially when you're late you want to strangle that dude that's going just fast enough to prevent you from turning but just slow enough to be a pain. But... Oil not leaking in a Jaguar: abnormal behaviour, see a mechanic
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Aug 9, 2011 05:35
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Messadiah posted:I find that people driving under the speed limit are more unpredictable and would rather not follow them, so my speeding around you is just to get out from behind you. Sure, because going 33 in a 35 at a constant speed is super unpredictable.
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14 INCH DICK TURBO posted:Sent Texas Redneck a buncha pics from my NHRA race yesterday, hopefully he can get them posted for me. I had no idea that the noise was that vulgar. Sorry I didn't get them done sooner, I have two finals this week and a paper for one class and I've been trying to keep up with my slacking quota.  Land Cruiser waterpump photo you sent me like 2 weeks ago:  The NHRA photos:         
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some texas redneck posted:Bet that made a nice noise. 
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Bet that made a nice noise. I just noticed the "WATCH SHARP EDGES" sticker on the inside of the pan.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Bet that made a nice noise. I was around the 300 foot line and my vision went blurry when they went past. It went so far beyond sound and became an elemental force. It was honestly the closest I've felt to a legitimate religious exerience and I wept because of it. God only knows what one letting go would sound like.
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Good loving god that engine did a real number on itself. That is seriously impressive.
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I have to admit never having seen supercharger rotors removed before. Also, noticing the cylinder heads: "That thing got a hemi in it?" No! but it had one! 
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some texas redneck posted:http://i.imgur.com/JnzLMl.jpg  ...  wait WHAT??that hurts my ears by just looking at it. I know it's completely irrelevant but it looks like the sleeve and the cam are unscathed. Was this the case?
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IOwnCalculus posted:Do the trams stop for nobody down there? We have light rail in Phoenix but it stops at signals so that cars can make lefts. The reason it's done is that the tram tracks often form one of the vehicle lanes as well. That is, cars can drive over many of the tram tracks. In those instances, you can't have a right-turn lane as the right-most lane IS the tram tracks. As such, they sit in the far left instead. You're right that in cases where the tram tracks up the centre of the road are dedicated tracks then you could potentially have a protected right arrow, but when it is literally one of the car lanes as well, you cannot. ONLY Melbourne does this. Hook turns aren't even taught in driving where I live in Brisbane, as we don't have any of those intersections. (Mirror right with left for US style driving example.)
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Ah, there it is. Light rail here doesn't have to share its track space with caes; there are dedicated left turn lanes all over on either side of the tracks along the way for this reason.
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This is the middle of the CBD so road width is pretty limited. It's not all shared, but the CBD has significant areas that are from what I remember in my visits there.
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Motronic posted:
Houston, just saw that one the news. How did the signage support that sort of impact and not turn into a pretzel?
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Kotaru posted:Houston, just saw that one the news. How did the signage support that sort of impact and not turn into a pretzel? triangles are very cool things.
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Kotaru posted:Houston, just saw that one the news. How did the signage support that sort of impact and not turn into a pretzel? If I learned one thing from the traffic engineer thread in A/T, it's that those signs are built to withstand the goddamn apocalypse, with a price to match.
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some texas redneck posted:Jesus, some engines "grenade," other engines "500lb bomb." That's seriously impressive. Unrelated for the guy who asked about deer whistles: Coming from a place where deer strikes were pretty common (the woods in CT), the whistles do absolutely nothing. Best explanation I have heard is that in terms of animal psychology the deer has absolutely no reason to fear the whistle, so it doesn't. Only case where that would be different is if that deer had been previously hit by a car with a deer whistle and survived. Weirdly enough I used to drive this really backwoods route to work every day and was always worried about hitting a deer as I saw them back there all the time. The day finally came and one literally lept out from the side of the road as I was passing, crossed the front of my car from right to left and my front left bumper hit its back end at like 40mph. Fucker did a 180 in the air, landed on its feet again, and as I slammed on the brakes I saw it just standing there in the middle of the road behind me just looking at me like "wtf rear end in a top hat" then ran into the woods. Zero damage, got lucky as gently caress the deer wasn't a little slower or I wasn't going a little faster or it would have been through the windshield. RoboCriminal fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Coasterphreak posted:Where did you relocate from? Charleston's roads aren't that bad by Carolinas standards. I live up the road a piece in Charlotte, where we have numerous artery roads that change name more than once. I like this part of town here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=charl...44&z=15&vpsrc=6 Scroll around, zoom in and out. See if you can figure out where Queens Rd W, Queens Rd, Providence Rd, Kings Dr, and East Blvd actually go. Scroll around and count how many Queens Roads there really are. Then follow Morehead St, and pay particular attention to how many times the name changes. Check out Tyvola Rd turning into Fairview Rd turning into Sardis Road bisecting, then watch Sardis take an abrupt turn to the south. Downtown's even worse. Queens-Queens and Providence-Providence is my favorite intersection. Queens on the NW goes straight through the 4-way light to Providence on the SE. Providence on the NE goes straight into Queens on the SW. If you wanted to stay on the same road, you have to turn. Oh, and the roads are potholed, rippled, and banked due to poor maintenance. The typical car has a wheel in the gutter and a wheel on the dashed lines. That and the drivers are idiots. Downtown is almost unnavigable. It's always a barrel of monkeys to be sent to an address on "Queens Rd." But which one? anonumos fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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RoboCriminal posted:Jesus, some engines "grenade," other engines "500lb bomb." That's seriously impressive. The whistle is supposed to mimic a Doe's "HOLY poo poo DANGER EVERYONE GET THE gently caress OUTTA HERE" huff. That being said, it doesn't.
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some texas redneck posted:The NHRA photos: This may sound odd to some of you, but that block is totally salvageable. I have seen perfectly functional top fuel hemi blocks with a patchwork of several large and small repairs from different destructive incidents. Even blocks that are ripped in half or are beyond repair are saved. Their better sections are cut out and used as patches for less damaged blocks. Here is an example of a minor repair. Small damage:  cut:  Finished repair outside:  Finished repair inside:  This is done with some cylinder heads as well.
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....it just has to be one hell of a valuable block to be worth that muh machine shop time. Which I don't doubt on a motor like that. It's just not the kind of thing you'd be doing for something you can pick out of a scrap yard.
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Motronic posted:....it just has to be one hell of a valuable block to be worth that muh machine shop time. Which I don't doubt on a motor like that.
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anonumos posted:I like this part of town here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=charl...44&z=15&vpsrc=6 Providence/Queens is exactly what I was thinking of, sup Charlotte goon. You forgot Runnymede turning into Woodlawn, and if you take the wrong exit for 277 from I-77 it puts you on Westinghouse with the hookers and crackheads instead of in the middle of downtown. Of course, downtown itself is full of poorly lit and terribly marked one-way roads, which is always tons of fun as you mentioned.
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Yeah, that truck/trailer accident has really been messing with me getting around Houston today. They closed the entire freeway, one of Houston's major arteries I-45, for it. I don't knwo how the hell the driver didn't know his trailer was up. Konigwheels fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Incidentally, it doesn't even look like that sign was one of the more modern ones; the new ones I see use tubular frames instead of angle iron. Also, do they make top-fuel dragster blocks out of inconel?
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The Scientist posted:Also, do they make top-fuel dragster blocks out of inconel? Inconel is for high temperatures, really. Outside of anything involving exhaust gases, I can't think of many automotive applications where it can be justified over a good steel. For an engine block, I'd stick with an aluminium alloy.
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The Scientist posted:So what conditions are apt to causing death wobble again? I drive an '85 mr2 with known bad steering bushings (no P.S.) and at least 1 known bad shock. Its rear wheel drive, rear transverse-mounted engined. Bushings look alright but I kinda wanna look closer at the anti-roll bar. Pretty sure it doesn't have wishbones, though. I wouldn't be too concerned about that on a mr2. One of my old aw11 mr2's had 4 completely blown struts, almost non-existent bushings everywhere and never had any issues with it wobble with the steering on it. At the same time, I highly suggest replacing the struts/springs and all the bushings, it will make it feel like a entirely new car and is cheaper to do than you would think.
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Nam Taf posted:The reason it's done is that the tram tracks often form one of the vehicle lanes as well. That is, cars can drive over many of the tram tracks. In those instances, you can't have a right-turn lane as the right-most lane IS the tram tracks. As such, they sit in the far left instead. You're right that in cases where the tram tracks up the centre of the road are dedicated tracks then you could potentially have a protected right arrow, but when it is literally one of the car lanes as well, you cannot. Plenty of our Brisbane cabbies have no problem tuning right from a left hand lane. Especially if it's across multiple lanes. I used to be a courier and saw one take a right turn onto George St from the far most lane of Ann st.
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B4Ctom1 posted:This is done with some cylinder heads as well. Do they do it if the bore is that part that gets banged up?
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Muffinpox posted:Do they do it if the bore is that part that gets banged up?
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That trailer reminded me of a dump truck that smacked into an overpass last year.   For some reason he was driving with his bed up. He didn't make it. Took them months to close that section of I-10 to fix it.
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B4Ctom1 posted:This is done with some cylinder heads as well. I remember someone here (frozenphil maybe?) posting a what looked like a toasted head, and then the picture of it fixed. $500 of welding work on a $1500 head justifies it in the end.
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The Scientist posted:I just moved from Florida. Now that I think about it, I think that may be my problem. I lived about halfway between Orlando, which prior to the advent of Disney Worldtm was a collection of cow pastures, and Kennedy Space Center, which prior to Sputnik was a series of swamps that were an ideal place to go if you wanted to catch West Nile Virus. That combined with that monumental growth that Florida's seen and perhaps I got spoiled by nice, new, civil-engineered roads. They've progressed a lot, I-95 in Brevard is now cones along one side, concrete barricades along the other and uneven lanes along the entire length. Every so often another stretch will repave a lane, then shift the lines half a lane over, so there's a 1-2 inch drop in the middle of each lane and a soft shoulder. I'm starting to think the state measures the success of a construction project by how many motorcyclists they kill.
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